Protecting children from faith-based abuse through accusations of witchcraft and spirit possession: understanding contexts and informing practice
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DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcx155
Abstract: Faith-based abuse relating to the practice of witchcraft and spirit possession is a controversial and not well-understood form of child abuse. From its ‘discovery’ in the UK as a cause of abuse, serious injury and… read more here.
Keywords: witchcraft spirit; spirit possession; based abuse; practice ... See more keywords
Females perpetrating honour-based abuse: controllers, collaborators or coerced?
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DOI: 10.1108/jacpr-01-2018-0341
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to address an emerging international debate about the involvement of females in perpetrating honour-based abuse (HBA). Presenting new empirical data, this study profiles the different roles played by women,… read more here.
Keywords: abuse controllers; perpetrating honour; honour based; based abuse ... See more keywords